Sullivan in England.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 265, 27 October 1874, Page 7

Sullivan in England.

yd^dayy.foUfai^ been * • reeety ed» wgw&n f§ ~tbe ~paW ge, j home,,, and th;«(i4^hl^/ .n^p^ous, S»lß*a>(6f:;Mßjoiig4a^ cumstances' attendant on Swl|%oflC&TJ.pfe these shoresjwULihfrJ jmjx itytbfrmjmjSjOJ,^iir now.r givi liiformation M to liia. sttbsfique,n4 by a froni'Auexlan&JJto fcondonj^-BesMes transpired on the voyage, we also give what was 1 " passenger who received,-from a reliable-source, inforfttati6n of'every Wov'ement* ofnSulliVan subsequent tohis'lfeiridingv 1 ' v. <U nrj fcfsjj ■ Sulltvau4efVA«c4dan4 in-theHindoatari, for London-,-'binder -'■• the:assumed.same of Clarke. He wore a'flaxen wig and moustache, but notwithstanding his disguise, he \ya£ recQgpiSed: I On day after his departure from Auckland;, Sullivan Was*recognised by one of the passengers, a medical gentleman, and, also by a lady passenger. The laiiy had a photograph of the Matingatapu murderers—Sullivan, ,';Ley^,' Burgess, and was confident the man on board .was ,no other than Sullivan.' 'The disguise of the flaien wig and monstache was perceived* : and' confirmed' the belief of those who reeognisedhim. Whenltbeqaftte'known that Sullivan ori ; a feeling of feay -and insecurity prevailed, arid there was gtea't excitement..; The .passengers strongly, urged the captain to incarcerate him for the voyage. •When charged by the oaptaip with .being. Sullivan, the Maungatapu murderer, he became .quite indignant, denied that he was, and threatened,to bring/an'action on his;landing in England for defalcation of character against the parties who had made free With •what he was pleased to term his "good name." The passengers, were not satisfied with these protestations, regarding them as a piece of bounce,-and reiterated their request to the captain tobaveSiillivan imprisoned. We do not know if the captain actually promised to take him into custody, but he proceeded to take steps for imprisoning him. On this becoming known to Sullivan, he boldly went toj the fcaptain and told him that if he arrested; him, he did so at his own, peril, denied that he was the man the passengers represented him to be, arid, that if ,he arrested him, he' (Sullivan) should bring a charge against him on his arrival in London for doing so, Sullivan was also recognised by a sailor oi: board,: but this circumstance was not known, htill at the close of the voyage.* This sailor had been imprisoned in Duriedin Gaol for some weeks for deserting bis vessel at Port' Chalmers. On account of either threats or promises frqm Srilliyan, he.said nothing about.the identification.till after Sullivan had landed in London. Several, times during the voyage, the passengers and crewwere almost in a state of mutiny at' Sullivan being at large, th.ey having no doubt on the point that he was the Nelson murderer. Sullivan's denials did not shake their belief on this point, and opinions not v«rycomplimentary were expressed as to timidity and vacillation in pot taking him into custody. 1 However, though not placed under arrest, a rigid surveillance was kept over him, and the captain seems to have done all he could consistently with not exposing himself to an action at law. On arrival at Penzance, Cornwall, where the pilot boat in tercepts homeward bound vessels, a number of passengers left the vessel by train for London, staying in thatcitv till the arrival of the Hindostan in the docks with their luggage. Sullivan wanted to be. landed at Penzance —saying that he should be allowpd to do as the other passengers had done. The captain refused. Sullivan demanded as a right to be landed, saying that he was a free subject, and threatened the captain with prosecution for illegally detaining him. The captain, no doubt stung by the wav in which he had been talked to by the passengers on the• voyage, was determined not to let Sullivan land till detectives had spen him. Accordingly he told him that bis (Sullivan's) destination,was London not Penzance, and that he could leave the ship when he arrived at his destination and not before. A telpgram was sent from Penzance to London. The result of the telegram was that on the arrival of the vessel at Gravesend, several persons known to the detectives at Scotland-yard were in attendance, and on arrival at the East India Docks other detectives appeared on the scene. Sullivan was wary, and would not give the Police an excuse for arresting him, and seems to have landed with some money in his pocket. So much for the vovage. As to bis doings after landing, the following facts are from a source which is strictly reliable:—The detectives, knowing the man they had to-deal with, deputed -a. female spv specially to watch him. Suspicious as an old gaol-bird like Sullivan might be expected to be. this seems to have thrown him off, his guard. The female .accosted him: after he had left the vessel and was passing through the docks, and entered into conversation with him. The conversation resulted in her offering to conduct him to lodgings, she remarking that observing him to be a stranger she would help hirn in this way. Sullivan accepted her offer. After he took lodgings, and during the afternoon, he went out to view the metropolis. The detectives followed him wherever he went: Observing that; he was dogged he took other lodgings, but the detectives also watched him to these. He.shifted about to. various parts of London, thp Police alwavs keeping A sharp eve on him, Prior to the San Francisco mail leaving he was edging at a coffee-housa kept bv a femah?. j He..had, informed members of tbe Detective Force that lie intended marryV'f

i'ng and settling down.;.. Tha't he had some 4tfchintenti<m - -was- to be-seen-from-MiaJVhfc ,'arid $$ ;sropriejp;epsfqf 4hej cpfjfee* house, whenever thev, took r their walks abroad," Uways went in Cotnpany." been seen With her at the Crystal-Palace, the British Mnj^nw ) ;Alder9hjn^;aji,d^h9tHoMßM 7 .Jiament, on the' days' tliey'were 1 6p'dn l td jhibijliti inspection. "tOfoe jnised him, in company with the female rejfe"fred T, toV IrioVre'of'tiie'stalls at'nn3ess'/i senger who saw'him informed the police who the man was, and had his mind satis ; |fied by learning that Sullivan was being |watchedatthe,time., Sullivan has expressed jhis intention to leave'for the tT:riited'States, (seeming to be uncomfortable under the rigid I surveillance of the London Detective Force. (Evidently, he thinks 1 England too hot tfor him. We believe we-will be in a position to inform our readers of his future movements, unless he accomplishes the'unlikely feat of leaving smarj; members of Scotland Yard in the dark as to his'whereabouts. The next that will be heardof him will probably be •Yom (foe United States.- It will no doubt.be satisfactory to the people of the Colony to know that this human tiger is closely watched.